(July 11, 2009 at 5:52 am)Arcanus Wrote:(July 9, 2009 at 7:29 am)Tiberius Wrote: Such as? Not that I overly disagree with you on the point, I just wanted to know what weaknesses you saw from a theist's angle.
He defines faith as "blind trust" in the absence of evidence, a "process of non-thinking" that is "evil precisely because it requires no justification and brooks no argument." It is a definition of faith utterly foreign to Christian philosophy, an irresponsible Straw Man invention that serves incompetent polemic purposes. He describes God as "a petty, unjust, unforgiving control freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully." This can only be biographical material about Dawkins, describing his take on the Judeo-Christian God, because it is not in any sense representative of what Christianity actually affirms; ergo, another vituperative and intellectually bankrupt Straw Man.
Stopped reading right there. Mr. Dawkins astutely describes faith and the character of God in the bible in a factual, based on the bible, manner. It does not agree with the followers of such take on the creature therefore it is a Strawman?
No, just no.
I enjoy kicking cats. I have a follower who also enjoys kicking cats. He views me as a good person ridding the world of stinky felines.
You come along and call me a cruel cat-hating cat murderer. My follower affirms I am a good person doing Gods work. Is my follower now justified in calling your description of me a "Strawman" merely because he does not agree with you? Does it make my cat hating murderous actions untrue because my followers refuse to acknowledge the cruelity of cat smashing claiming it's all part of some grand plan for the greater glory of me?
I take a crap on the floor, you argue it's nasty and needs to be cleaned up. I can claim your arguement is a strawman because I disagree with your assessment. I'm calling it a work of art in need of preservation.
Bottom line is it is still a piece of shit no matter what color you paint it and try to label my assessment of it as a strawman.
Which it isn't. One who kills babies can rightfully be labeled as infanticidal no matter how you personally feel about it. IT DOES NOT MAKE IT A STRAWMAN BECAUSE YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THE DESCRIPTOR.
(Jeez... are you a follower of SntJohnny.com or something?)
I used to tell a lot of religious jokes. Not any more, I'm a registered sects offender.
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...the least christian thing a person can do is to become a christian. ~Chuck
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...the least christian thing a person can do is to become a christian. ~Chuck
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NO MA'AM
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